Man leaves bag full of drugs on tram – along with his name and address

Police have poked fun at a man who left a backpack full of drugs on a tram – along with his name and address.

Greater Manchester Police shared the error on Facebook with the title: ‘Deal or No Deal???’

The post shows the backpack and multiple small plastic bags with white powder inside, along with a community service card with the person’s name blanked out.

They wrote: “Police appeal to reunite lost property with its owner.

A police photo of a backpack surrounded by bags full of white power, a scale and an identity card.
The owner of the bag left his name and address in it, along with a large amount of illicit drugs. Source: Facebook/GMP Trafford North

“A poor individual has forgotten his rucksack while travelling on the tram on the Bury line.

“@MCRMetrolink have located the bag & have checked for any Identification inside to reunite the property with its owner & located; 25 Tablets, Large amount of white powder, small snap bags containing white rocks, snap bags containing white powder & scales.

“Thankfully the owner of the bag was helpful enough to leave his Community Payback card, his name & address.”

Poking fun at the person involved, they added the hashtags “#thoughtfuldealer #dealornodeal #nodeal#honeyiforgotmydrugs”

The post has attracted more than 1400 comments and has been shared 1500 times.

One Facebook user wrote: “Whole new meaning to deal or no deal.”

While another said: “So glad he/she had left this behind in error rather than his/her umbrella.”

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